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Mr Clive Betts vs Dave Robertson

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Mr Clive Betts
Mr Clive Betts
Lab Sheffield South East
vs
Photograph of Dave Robertson
Dave Robertson
Lab Lichfield

Voting alignment

Mr Clive Betts and Dave Robertson voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 469 shared comparable votes.

465 same votes 4 different votes 469 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
57 Aye 45 No
Tax 100% aligned 102 shared votes
57 Aye 45 No
21 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 48 shared votes
21 Aye 27 No
25 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
25 Aye 8 No
23 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
23 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
57 Aye 45 No
Tax 100% aligned 102 shared votes
57 Aye 45 No
21 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 48 shared votes
21 Aye 27 No
25 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
25 Aye 8 No
23 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
23 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

76.5%
4% above average
Rank 273 of 650
Participation
87.1%
15% above average
Rank 54 of 650
1,841
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
540
620 eligible divisions
1,027
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
288
53.3% of votes cast
814
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
252
46.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.7% of votes cast
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

62
-29.0 vs Commons average
Rank 399 of 650
Appearances
122
+31.0 vs Commons average
Rank 132 of 650
56
-102.5 vs Commons average
Rank 509 of 650
Contributions
158
-0.5 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£3,039,074
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£212,620
all imported IPSA years
£311,690
38% above average
Latest expenses
£212,620
6% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 212 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
#5
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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